Remember

Seo Jin-woo has a special condition called Hyperthymesia which allows him to remember almost every day in perfect detail. While his father, Seo Jae-hyuk on the other hand, developed an Alzheimer's disease, making him lose his memories. When Seo Jae-hyuk was wrongfully convicted of murder, Jin-woo vows to prove innocence of his father. Four years later, Jin-woo becomes a lawyer to put the real criminal behind bars but bribery, corruption, and betrayals would not give him an easy road to justice.

 (per Wikipedia)

20 episodes; Legal thriller/revenge

I actually enjoyed the beginning where they set up how the murder happened and the legal process and what led up to Jin Woo becoming a lawyer. Although, it is kind of slow because you really want them to hurry up and get to the part where Jin Woo comes back for revenge.


SPOILER ALERT
Not too bad. The ending though. Ughh, the ending is what makes a typical Korean drama and why I hate it. Making the son, who has this crazy memory ability get Alzheimer's. But the basic storyline was good. I wish they played up his perfect memory a bit more.

The actor that played Gyu Man, AMAZING. He totally played the rich, crazy, psychotic businessman really well. Although I hated that fact that he killed himself in prison. It's like he didn't even feel remorse for what he'd done. He only killed himself because daddy didn't love him.

To the Beautiful You

Goo Jae-hee (Choi Jin-ri) is a Korean girl who lives in the United States. One day, she sees a track and field competition on TV, and becomes attracted to one of the high jump competitors, Kang Tae-joon (Choi Minho). She begins to idolize the young athlete and eventually transfers to Korea to attend the same school that Tae-joon attends after he suffers an accident that could potentially end his career. There is a catch, however: Tae-joon attends an all-boys high school so Jae-hee cuts all her hair off and wears boys' clothes to disguise herself as a boy to enter the school

As she is disguised as a boy, Tae-joon despises her. But suddenly, Jae-hee's older brother, Daniel Dawson (Julien Kang), comes to Korea for a while. Her brother eventually knows what his little sister is doing. Daniel soon decides to make Jae-hee leave the school. Jae-hee and Daniel argue in her and Tae-joon's room, when Tae-joon comes and overhears their conversation through the door. Daniel blurts out, "Is it reasonable to live in a man's dorm if you're a girl?" Tae-joon is surprised but does not tell Jae-hee that he knows her secret.

Knowing she is a girl, Tae-joon wonders if he should or should not tell the school about Jae-hee. He soon realizes that the reason Jae-hee is attending their school is because of him. He decides to keep Jae-hee's secret to himself, in fear that she might leave the school. Soon his cold personality changes and he develops strong feelings for Jae-hee.

 (per Wikipedia)

16 episodes; Romantic comedy

As a Hana Kimi fan, I was really excited to hear that there was a Korean version of this. However, as I kept on watching, I realized how different it was from the manga I desperately loved. The stark disparity between both is what made me stop watching it in the end.

I just hated the fact that they didn't include the fact that she's like a track star. And the whole relationship between the school doctor and Jae Hee was not what it should have been.

Also, this random gymnast girl that follows Tae Joon? Who is she and how is she relevant to this story? She doesn't even belong here. Anyways, I'm not going to continue.

Maybe if I wasn't such a hardcore Hana Kimi fan, the drama would have been alright, but unfortunately, I am, and I like things to stick to the script.

The Innocent Man

Smart and promising medical student^[7][8] Kang Ma-ru (Song Joong-ki) was deeply in love with his slightly older neighbor Han Jae-hee (Park Si-yeon), a television reporter.^[9][10] But when her situation takes a turn for the worse and Jae-hee becomes desperate to escape poverty,^[11] she meets a man who changes everything—a rich CEO who introduces her to a life of comfort. So she turns her back on Ma-ru, choosing money over love.^[12]

The brutal betrayal leaves Ma-ru fractured—not just angry, but a completely changed man. A few years later, Ma-ru is now 30 years old and works as a bartender and gigolo, no longer a "nice guy."^[13] He then meets Seo Eun-gi (Moon Chae-won), a young chaebol heiress who's being groomed to take over her father's conglomerate.^[14][15] Eun-gi is cold and calculating, business-savvy, and raised by her father to never show emotion to anyone.^[16][17] But Ma-ru intrigues her, and she becomes curious until she can’t stop thinking about him.

Ma-ru decides to take advantage of her as a pawn in his plans for getting back at his ex Jae-hee.^[18][19] and Eun-gi falls in love with him.^[20] Just when Ma-ru is beginning to genuinely care for Eun-gi, she finds out the truth and they break up. But a car accident causes Eun-gi to lose her memory, and she enters Ma-ru's life again.^[21]

 (per Wikipedia)
20 episodes; revenge melodrama 


Episode 1-8
I'm currently on episode 8, and I really think I have to give up on it. The way Kang Ma Ru keeps going back to the girl that he is trying to get his revenge on just sickens me. I just can't force myself to watch this anymore. The story seemed really interesting but as soon as I started to watch, my hopes began to fall. And even though I pushed through all the way to episode 8. I just don't think I can continue anymore.

Episode 8+
OK, so I've continued and even though Ma Ru went back to Jae Hee because she called and said "Her brother is trying to kill her, help me". Even though he figured out (last minute) that Jae Hee was lying about the whole thing, the fact that he still went there running just really made me cringe. Clearly he still loves her and would do anything for her, but the fact that she's still using him and his love to try and get out of any problems she has, is what makes this show so messed up.

My Feelings
So as of right now, I'm not really feeling this series. Mostly because its got all the typical components of a kdrama. As in, amnesia. Any time a main character gets amnesia, I'm like. UGHHHHH. Also, there's a lot of plot holes in this. Like, how does Jae Hee somehow become president of Tae San Group within a year or so of after the president dies/Eun Gi disappears. There's plenty of more qualified people to run that company. Jae Hee didn't even do much in running the company. Why didn't anyone fight her for that position? I don't know.

Also, I just hate Jae Hee so much that I don't think I want to continue the show. You never really know her true intentions. Like did she actually like Ma Ru before the whole murder thing went down? Does she even like this lawyer dude that she kissed in like episode 4? Does she even like the president that she somehow has a kid with and was planning to marry? She's just so manipulative but she doesn't think that she's being evil.

Also, I never really understood Eun Gi and Ma Ru's love story line. It didn't really convince me that she had fallen for him. Or if he even really like her or Jae Hee.

PLUS, why didn't the lawyer just call 911 when he heard the president dying on the phone? Or submit that to the police?

Cain and Abel

Based on the biblical story of Adam and Eve's first two sons, Cain and Abel is about Cain's jealousy towards his brother Abel. Lee Cho-in is a very gifted doctor who has everything that he wants whereas his older brother, Seon-woo, is jealous of all the attention that Cho-in receives. Seon-woo blames his brother for taking everything good in his life away from him: getting their father's love, getting more recognition as a doctor, and for stealing the woman he loves.



(Per Wikipedia)

20 episodes; drama

To be completely honest, I only started watching this because it was on Netflix and I needed something to play as background noise. Well, what can I saw about this drama? I'm about halfway through and I completely hate the one of the main characters: Oh Young Ji. She started off the show as a very annoying brat and now she's graduated to manipulative bitch. Mainly because she knows who Lee Cho In is the whole time and tries to prevent him from regaining his memory. She's basically forcing him to stay with her because what? he was nice to her when she gave him a tour of China? And guilt tripping. She's basically a manipulative bitch who knows Lee Cho In's true identity but wants to keep him with her for no good reason. I can't even tell if she likes him a lot or if its just a crush but either way, stupid reasons for keeping him. I really hope that when Lee Cho In remembers everything, she gets kicked out.

Talking about female leads, I don't particularly have any strong feelings for Kim Seo Yeon. She just kind of seems wimpy. Originally with Lee Seon Woo, to be with Lee Cho In, then go back to Seon Woo. I suppose she does have valid reasons to be with both so I don't hate her for flip flopping. If she was a stronger character, I might like her more. Maybe I just like stories with strong female leads.

Another reason I don't like the drama is the whole reason they wanted to have Lee Cho In killed in the first place. I mean sure, maybe he would get in the way of having the hospital build a neurosurgery center but is it really worth killing him over? The whole premise of why he was "killed" was stupid. Who cares if the hospital has a neurosurgery center or an emergency center.

Plus, the pacing of the show is quite slow. The first 10 episodes were about him going off to China to do volunteer mission work. Where he subsequently gets kidnapped, shot and left for dead. Lee Cho In survives of course, but has amnesia and forgets everything and becomes Oh Kang Ho. As Oh Kang Ho, he winds up running around China in the drug trade. By episode 9ish, he's made his way to Korea as Oh Kang Ho. Halfway through the whole show and only now he's in Korea. This gives up 10 more episodes to regain his memory, fight Choi Chi Soo (some crazy bastard he met in China while in the drug trade), drama with Oh Young Ji (for knowing his true identity), drama with Kim Seo Yeon (former fiance who went back to be with his brother, Lee Seon Woo), and possibly take over the hospital.

Debating now if I should just finish the show or if I should start a new one. It may be too late to turn back though. Maybe I'll just keep on going and hate on the characters some more.